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YUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDE B. DAVIS, OF CHASE CITY, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-EIGHTH TO JAMES H. BUR- ROUGHS, OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ONE-EIGHTH TO THOMAS E. PARNELL, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO ADAM TYREE FINCH, OF CHASE CITY,

VIRGINIA.

CHEWING-GUM WRAPPER.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE B. DAvrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chase City, in the county of Mecklenburg and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chewing-Gum frappersof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wrappers for chewing gum and other commercial articles sold in stick form, the object of the invention being to provide a one piece wrapper of suitable material adapted to befolded in such manner as to provide compartments or cells for the sticks and sealing iiaps for the ends of the package and also for the cells or compartments, whereby each Stick of gum or other material is contained in separate compartment or cell all to itself and ample provision is made for printing the name of the manufacturer or dealer thereon or any other desired advertising matter. By means of the wrapper hereinafter described, the use of tin foil or equivalent material may be dispensed with.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a wrapper embodying the present invention before the same is folded. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wrapper folded sufliciently to inclose the sticks of chewing gum or other material. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the package after the wrapper has been completely folded. Fig. 4 is a cross section through the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view similar to Fig. l showing the wrapper elongated as compared with Fig. l, for a purpose which will appear. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a partially made up package, the wrapper being folded with the exception of the sealing aps. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section through the completely folded package. Fig. 8 is a cross section through the same. y

The wrapper contemplated in this invention is cut by means of a die or in any suitable manner from sheet material such as paperof any desired quality or texture, tin foil or thin sheet metal and may be said to comprise a main body portion or compartment flap l,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 16, 1907.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Serial No. 397,690.

end closing flaps 2 and 3 and a sealing' flap 4 as clearly shown in Fig. l. The end flaps 2 and 3 are gummed or coated adjacent to their outer extremities with adhesive material as indicated at 5 and a sealing flap 4 is likewise provided along its edge with gum or other adhesive material as indicated at 6.

The compartment flap 1 is indented along parallel lines as indicated at 7 or otherwise creased to facilitate folding said flap so as to provide compartments or cells in which the sticks 8 of chewing gum or other material are placed in the manner illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. In other words, the corn artment flap l is folded in the form of bel ows, the sticks S being arranged alternately on opposite sides of the flap as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. After the sticks are brought together in the relation to the wrapper as shownin Fig. 3, the end iiaps 2 and 3 are folded around the ends of the package and pressed against the body of the package so as to adhere thereto after which the final sealing flap 4 is folded transversely around the package and pressed against the same so as to adhere firmly thereto. The printed matter is arranged on the sealing liap 4 so that when the package is completed, such printed matter will appear on the outside ofthe package, thus doing away with the necessity of an extra wrapper or lid.

If desired, the compartment flap l of the wrapper may be made longer as shown in Fig. 5 so that a sufficient number of folds may be provided to permit all `of the sticks 8 to be arranged on the same side of the compartment flap, there being a suflicient number of fold lines 7 to provide the necessary number of cells or compartments on the same side of the wrapper. In all other respects, the wrapper illustrated in Figs. 5 to S inclusive is identical with the one illustrated in Figs. l to 4 inclusive.

As each stick of chewing gum or other material occupies an individual cell or compartment and is thoroughly protected thereby, it is unnecessary to use tin foil, paraffin paper or the like in addition to the wrapper as is now the common practice, thus effecting a considerable saving in packaging chewing gum and other material sold in similar packages. It will be understood that the wrappers may be cut out in large quantities by suitable dies and likewise the foldlines 7 may be provided by suitable dies for that purpose.

Having thus fully described the invention, whatJ is claimed as new is :d

1. A wrapper of sheet material for the purpose described com rising an oblong body creased on parallel ines to form compartments when folded7 an end Hap projecting laterally from one endvof the body, another end Hap projecting laterally from the opposite side of the body between the ends of the body, and a sealing flap forming an end eX- tension vof the body.

2, A wrapper of sheet material for thepurpose described comprising an oblong body creased reversely on parallel lines to form bellows-like compartments when folded, end flap projecting laterally from one side of one end of the body, another end flap projecting laterally from the op osite side of the body between the ends of t `e body, and a sealing,l fla forming` an end extension of the body.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of. two witnesses.

CLAUDE B. DAVIS. Witnesses:

R. D. PATTERSON, J. T. GooDE, Jr. 

